Here it is my friends. The day that many of us have been dreading. The day that the MAGA majority of the nation has been breathlessly awaiting. I will call this “Day One” of the 1,460 days until the next inauguration. We will survive it, but I just wonder what history making events we will experience from “Day One” to Day 1.460. I didn’t turn on the television to watch you know who’s speech or the back slapping, hand shaking, hugging, jubilation during the Rotunda ceremony. It would have made me shite before I was ready for my morning constitutional. It does warm my heart, however, to know that tRump and his billionaire buddies are warm inside the Rotunda having a gourmet 3-course meal with fine wine, while his MAGA supporters are outside freezing their asses off. It is now 1:10 pm and I don’t know what shock and awe Executive Orders have been proclaimed at this point. I did read yesterday, though, that one of the first Orders will be to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices in the federal government. I will venture to guess that he might say something hypocritical in his speech today honoring Martin Luther King, Jr, and then two hours later announce no more Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It’s too bad that this particular inauguration has to occur on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr Day. I believe In an earlier post I said that Jimmy Carter and DJT were polar opposites. I will say the same about MLK and DJT. The only King I’ll be honoring today is MLK and will bet that in this country’s future we will not have a Donald J Trump Day. Anyhoo, I’m not going to get my bowels in an uproar, but instead will calm my inner self with a “So, Hmmmm” meditation to calm my mind and then drink some chamomile tea.
I started a post last Friday while we were at the beach, but time got away and I couldn’t finish it before we headed back to the mountain. The theme of that post was that I’m not an alarmist, but I think that we are screwed. I was going to discuss the Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing and how disappointed I was in the questioning by the Dem members of the committee, other than Senator Tammy Duckworth, who asked questions exposing his incompetence for the job. I thought the GOP members asked more substantive questions than the softball moralistic questioning by the Dems. We all know from ad nauseam reporting that he’s a drinker, adulterer, sexual abuser, has extremist ink on his body, and doesn’t seem to have the credentials to be in charge of the largest department in the government. He’s going to get confirmed over the next few days anyway and he will be joining the Kakistocracy team of other incompetents running this country. When you have Pete Hegseth (Secretary of Defense), Tulsi Gabbard (Director of National Intelligence), RFK Jr. (Secretary of Health and Human Services) Kash Patel (Director of the FBI), and Kristi Noem (Secretary of Homeland Security), this ain’t exactly the “A team.” And then you have Tom Homan as the Border Czar and Elon Musk “The Knife.” And I can’t forget the ”broligarchs” camping out at Mar-a-Lago engaged in unnatural acts with their King. Not to mention the rudderless Democratic Party. Sheesh, we’re more than screwed, we’re going to be floundering in deep doo-doo.
It’s probably time to leave you and check my Apple News to see what the pundits are saying about the” Second Coming.” Amazingly, the Ohio State vs. Notre Dame game has not been postponed as viewer competition to the “Big Dance.” Go Notre Dame!! Enjoy the rest of your day knowing that MAGA’s are going to be wondering soon when the price of those eggs are coming down like Donnie promised. Ziggyman
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